Collaborative work on evaluation of ovarian toxicity 14) Two- or four-week repeated-dose studies and fertility study of atrazine in female rats

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2009, Pages

  Shibayama, Hiroshi ^a   Kotera, Takashi ^a   Shinoda, Yasuhiko ^a   Hanada, Omohiko ^a   Kajihara, Tsutomu ^a   Ueda, Makoto ^a   Tamura, Hideyuki ^a   Ishibashi, Seitarou ^a   Yamashita, Yasuhiro ^a   Ochi, Seishi ^a  

^a NIPPON SHINYAKU CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Female reproductive toxicity; Ovarian toxicity; Rats

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; CYCLINE; HERBICIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; CELL SWELLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; CORPUS LUTEUM; DIESTRUS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUTEAL CELL; MATING; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; PREGNANCY; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRUS CYCLE; FERTILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; JAPAN; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TOXICITY TESTING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; BODY WEIGHT; COPULATION; CORPUS LUTEUM; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HERBICIDES; JAPAN; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; TOXICITY TESTS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 64949159633     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.34.s147     Document Type: Article

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